pepper-and-salt

[ pep-er-uh n-sawlt ]

/ ˈpɛp ər ənˈsɔlt /

composed of a fine mixture of black with white: pepper-and-salt hair.

an apparel fabric having a pepper-and-salt effect.

the harbinger-of-spring.

Origin of pepper-and-salt

First recorded in 1765–75

Still I prefer them to the pepper-and-salt mixture which has been sent out under that happy-go-lucky process--free immigration.

Town Life in Australia |R. E. N. (Richard) Twopeny
Of course,” said the man in pepper-and-salt; “who but a pig-jobber could have business at Llanfair?

Wild Wales |George Borrow
He was a middle-aged man in pepper-and-salt tweeds, and his manner was brusque and aggressive.

The Eternal City |Hall Caine
The first to lift his satchel and make way for her was the tall, thin-faced young man in the straw hat and pepper-and-salt suit.

Under Fire |Charles King

Over a pepper-and-salt suit he wore a light overcoat, reaching almost to his heels.

Three Men on the Bummel |Jerome K. Jerome

pepper-and-salt

(of cloth) marked with a fine mixture of black and white

(of hair) streaked with grey